In the October issue, Peter Scisco instructs a beginner to use the FORMAT command with the /S option and then to copy COMMAND.COM to this this newly formatted disk.

Doesn't the FORMAT command put the COMMAND.COM file on the disk as part of the formatting process?

ALFRED J. BRUEYJACKSON, MI

You're absolutely right. The section about copying COMMAND.COM was the result of an editing error. Although Peter's tip will still work as printed, issuing the FORMAT /S command does copy COMMAND.COM to the floppy automatically.